1. Jagiellonian University Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

3. Krakow, Old Market Square St.Mary’s Cathedral and The Cloths Hall

4. Krakow, capital city of Poland till XVIII century

5. Jagiellonian University funded in 1364 by Polish kings of Jagiellonian dynasty To compare: Oxford – 1167 Cambridge - 1209 La Sorbonne – 1257

6. Jagiellonian University in numbers ca. 45,000 students ( incl. ca. 29,000 resident ) ca. 2,100 post-graduate students 15 Faculties 48 disciplines 93 specialisations Collegium Novum, since 1887

8. have a virtual walk: http://www.kampus.uj.edu.pl/ Established in 2002 – the youngest faculty Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

9. Biotechnology Biophysics Soon.. biochemistry

10. Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

11. Departments Dept of Analytical Biochemistry Dept of Physical Biochemistry Dept of Cell Biochemistry Dept of General Biochemistry Dept of Biophysics Dept of Cell Biology Dept of Medical Biotechnology Dept of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Dept of Molecular Genetics Dept of Immunology Dept of Microbiology Dept of Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics Division of Cell Biophysics Division of Molecular Genetics and Virology

12. Examples of research fields Regenerative medicine – wound healing, healing of extensive burns, skin replacements – dr Justyna Drukała, Dept of Cell Biology Dept of Physical Biochemistry (our Dept :-) – GPCRs, transcription factors, antidepressants and their mechanism of action Mechanism of angiogenesis Proteomics Synthesis of monoclonal antibodies Antimicrobial peptides Molecular modeling Molecular architecture of redox complexes Gene therapy

13. MYGEN – the Students’ Association Active since 1998 Weekly seminars Has completed two research projects

14. Universität Salzburg Technische Universität Dortmund Aalborg UniversityGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen Aarhus UniversityChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Helsinki University Universität Leipzig University of KuopioJohannes-Gutenberg-Universität – Mainz Université Catholique de LyonLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München Université de Montpellier 2 Technische Universität München Université d'Orléans Göteborgs Universitet Lunds UniversitetUniversity of Manchester Adnan Menderes UniversitesiUniversity of Wales Ankara UniversityUniversità degli Studi di Ferrara Eotvos Lorand University UNIVERSITAT OSNABRUCK International cooperation: Socrates/ERASMUS

15. International cooperation: Bilateral agreements The Max Planck Institute for the Advancement of Science, München, Germany University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA Université d’ Orléans, Orléans, France

16. Biotechnology in English: 2 year Master programme TitleECTSShort description Molecular engineering of redox chains in bioenergetics3lecture 30h Plant Biotechnology26laboratory practice 60 h TransgenicPlants3seminars 20 h lectures 10 h Principles and perspectives of gene therapy3lectures 30 h Viral vectors in medical biotechnology5laboratory practice 45 h Applicationsof phage displayed peptide libraries3seminars 10 h laboratory practice20 h Advanced methods in biology at the molecular level6laboratory practice 60 h Monoclonal antibodies practicals3laboratory practice 30 h Molecular principles of bacterial pathogenesis4lecture 30 h Mechanisms of cell trafficking - from leukocyte homing to metastasis 5lecture 30 h seminars 15 h Plant Photobiology322 h lecturers/seminars, 8h classes

17. Biotechnology in English TitleECTSShort description Introduction to medical biotechnology 2 lecture 15 h Agrobactecterium and Rhizobium - molecular biology of plant associated bacteria 2 lecture 15 h Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis 4 lecture 15 h laboratory practice 30 h Molecular biology of plant growth and development 3 seminars 10 h laboratory practice20 h Introduction to Photobiology and Photomedicine 2 lecture 15 h Nuclear receptors in gene regulation and diseases 3 lecture 30 h Fluorescence and confocal microscopy 5 45h lectures and classes Selected methods of cell engineering 3 15h lecture and 15h classes Medical Virology and Epidemiology 3 15h of lectures and 15h ofseminars Virology:adaptation, evolution, variability 1 10h of lectures

18. The lectures are aimed at giving the students a broad overview of newest achievements and perspectives in medical biotechnology Other: German/Polish LifeScience Meeting - Jagiellonian University - Medical University in Poznan - Technische Universität München

19. Thank you for your attention Coordinator of international cooperation: Jerzy Dobrucki dobrucki@mol.uj.edu.pl